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Caribbee

Caribbee
Caribbean Car`ib*be"an, Caribbee Car`ib*bee, a. Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sea) lying between those islands and Central America. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

  
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